Taylor Armstrong says that if the Real Housewives cameras weren't a constant presence in her home she might've died at the hands of her late husband, Russell. "There was a storm happening in my life that was very separate from a camera being there," she said. "If the cameras were not in my life, there's a good chance I wouldn't be sitting here today because a lot of domestic violence situations end in murder-suicide versus just suicide." With Russell committing suicide in August, Taylor — who has a titanium implant "holding up" her right eye as a result of the abuse — added she's grateful their daughter Kennedy didn't lose both parents: "I'm thankful to be here. Imagine if she had two less parents, instead of one. I feel thankful at this point." [E!]

Unfazed by the possibility of an assassination attempt by cray-cray Bieber fans, Selena Gomez will take to the stage when she hosts the MTV EMAs next month — as this promo video with her as a rapping chola can attest. [NYDN]
That joke being extra tasteless with news that she's also recently become a member of the celebrity stalker/death threat club. [NYDN]

In a move straight out of an awesome after-school special — or Liz Lemon flashback — Paris Jackson took on the powers that be to become the first ever female to score a place on her fancy-pants school's football team. What a legend! [TMZ]

The trailer for Glenn Close's new film Albert Nobbs is finally here! Playing a cross-dressing woman passing herself off as a butler in old-timey Ireland, her Oscar-bait also stars Mia Wasikowska and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. First Damages and now this, is anyone else obsessed with her career renaissance? [Daily Mail]

With a budget that would force Drunken Sorority Girl No. 47 to decline a role amid fears it would ruin her career, Octomum plays a woman impregnated by a demon in the teaser trailer for horror mess Millennium. [TMZ]

They've gotten their own action figures and been subject to creepy sexual fan fiction, now Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson and Taylor Lautner can add having their mitts immortalized on the pavement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre to the Who-knew-this-would-be-our-reality? list. [ONTD]